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Indigenous reparations a/k/a Honor Tax in Minnesota [1]

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Date: 2023-10-09  

Both the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Minnesota Public Radio have done feature stories on a new initiative in Minnesota called an Honor Tax (www.mnhonortax.org). It looks like there are a couple others elsewhere in the country, but this is the first one in Minnesota. The comments to the online stories are about what you expect of course.



www.startribune.com/...

With the OK from the Lower Sioux Indian Community, Intermill launched an honor tax program, where people can voluntarily contribute to the tribe as an acknowledgement of how they have benefited from Dakota land. The little-known program is the first of its kind in Minnesota and has drawn contributions from more than 100 people since its spring launch.



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Intermill started the Mni Sota Makoce Honor Tax program as a material way for Minnesotans to contribute to the Dakota people who were forcibly removed from land in 1862.



Now, she said, anyone can pay a tax of their choosing as way of honoring the land that they are "renting" from the Dakota people that goes toward operations at the Lower Sioux Indian Community, a federally recognized tribe.



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Individuals can contribute whatever amount they are comfortable with. Some have pledged to contribute an amount equivalent to their yearly property taxes. A guide on the honor tax website shows that a tax of $33.41 is equivalent to average tax on a trip to the state fair for a family of four, for example. Most often, contributions are recurring and are all over the map, ranging from $10 to hundreds of dollars, Intermill said, though she declined to disclose a total dollar amount.

www.mprnews.org/…

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